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Author Gelb, Leslie H.
Title The irony of Vietnam : the system worked / Leslie H. Gelb, with Richard K. Betts ; foreword by Fareed Zakaria.
Publisher Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2016.
Edition Second edition.


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Edition Second edition.
Contents Part I. Decisions: getting into Vietnam -- Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations -- Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking up the torch: the Kennedy Administration -- Intervention in force: the Johnson Administration, I -- Coming home to roost: the Johnson Administration, II -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.
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0815726805 electronic bk.
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Author Gelb, Leslie H.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Alt author Betts, Richard K., 1947-
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer n
Carrier online resource nc
Edition Second edition.
Contents Part I. Decisions: getting into Vietnam -- Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations -- Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking up the torch: the Kennedy Administration -- Intervention in force: the Johnson Administration, I -- Coming home to roost: the Johnson Administration, II -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780815726807 electronic bk.
0815726805 electronic bk.
Author Gelb, Leslie H.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Alt author Betts, Richard K., 1947-

Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam.
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer n
Carrier online resource nc
Contents Part I. Decisions: getting into Vietnam -- Patterns, dilemmas, and explanations -- Recurrent patterns and dilemmas from Roosevelt to Eisenhower -- Picking up the torch: the Kennedy Administration -- Intervention in force: the Johnson Administration, I -- Coming home to roost: the Johnson Administration, II -- Part II. The imperative not to lose -- National security goals and stakes -- Domestic political stakes -- The bureaucracy and the inner circle -- Part III. Means: the minimum necessary and the maximum feasible -- Constraints -- Pressures and the president -- Part IV. Perceptions: realism, hope, and compromise -- Optimism, pessimism, and credibility -- The strategy of perseverance -- Part V. Conclusions -- The lessons of Vietnam.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Betts, Richard K., 1947-
ISBN 9780815726807 electronic bk.
0815726805 electronic bk.
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